Falling back to Fall

I keep getting ahead of myself and seem to be doing a lot of Christmas cards. When I woke up Saturday morning, I felt the NEED to make a fall card. Like it was going to be too late soon, so I just HAD to make one. lol Never mind about my usual Fly Lady morning routine...I went straight to work on my card before it was too late. ;)  I used the color challenge at Pals Paper Arts and the sketch at Create with Connie and Mary.

This isn't really a traditional fall color combination, but I thought it would look nice anyway. :) 

I started by making my own DSP panel. I stamped Very Vanilla cardstock with the leaves, then added Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge splotches. It looked to clean though, so I wet the cardstock and wrinkled it up. I then opened it up and sponged Crumb Cake ink over it. Since this panel was so detailed, I wanted to keep the other panel simple and just embossed it with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder and sponged it with Crumb Cake ink. I pierced holes in the top and bottom of the card and embossed part of my sentiment banner with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder for even more texture.  The banner and fussy cut leaf are both on Dimensionals as well. 

Stamp Sets: Gently Falling, Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid, Perfectly Penned

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla

Ink: Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry

Tools: Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Sponge, Piercing tool and mat

Accessories: Dimensionals